SHECKYmagazine archive for June, 2010
(24 posts)

Last Comic Standing, SE07E04

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 28th, 2010

Season 7, Episode 4 has aired. (And it was two hours long. With, sadly, no re-run of last Monday’s episode. […]

Blogger invites readers to weigh in on joke thievery

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 28th, 2010

The blogger is Scott Wampler. Who’s he? He’s a blogger for a website called examiner.com. One of his recent pieces, […]

Odds and ends: Last Comic Standing

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 22nd, 2010

Some random musings on our audition/showcase experience and some other thoughts and memories that were dislodged when we watched last […]

An account from the NYC LCS line

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 22nd, 2010

Doug Hecox, D.C.-based comedian and former SHECKYmagazine columnist, camped out in New York to audition for Last Comic Standing. He […]

Last Comic Standing: First person(s) account

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 22nd, 2010

Episode 4, Season 7 of NBC’s Last Comic Standing aired tonight. We were featured prominently. We are trying to assess […]

Last Comic Standing and cognitive dissonance

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 21st, 2010

We watched Last Comic Standing. It has been 91 days since we were involved in the audition and showcase that […]

TIVO alert: Last Comic Standing

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 21st, 2010

The Male Half and the Female Half will be featured in tonight’s episode (Episode 4) of Last Comic Standing.  (NBC, […]

Jus Jay, Comedian

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 19th, 2010

One of our readers described him as “one of Kansas City’s greats.” He was known more widely as the “King […]

Chips Cooney’s got talent

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 17th, 2010

Another comic appeared on NBC’s America’s Got Talent Tuesday night. This time, it was Chips Cooney, from Edgewater, NJ. SPOILER […]

The few, the proud, the nameless

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 15th, 2010

You can see the NBC.com “New York Auditions” slideshow here. It’s a collection of pics of some of the folks […]

Last Comic Standing Update… sorta (Episode 2, Season 7)

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 15th, 2010

There’s a status update on a Facebook profile (the profile of someone who has a lot of juice in this […]

Perception is reality

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 14th, 2010

Comedian Jeremy Paul commented on one of our postings about Last Comic Standing. It was a lengthy comment. And, to […]

LCS provides interview tips

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 9th, 2010

That’s right. The millions of unemployed youngsters out there can glean interview tips from watching Last Comic Standing. It’s not […]

“I think he is juich…” CORRECTED (w/video)

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 9th, 2010

As of 8:41 EDT, that was the most recent comment under the Youtube video of Philly comedian Doogie Horner‘s appearance […]

Raymond the Amish Comic on AGT

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 8th, 2010

We forgot to mention that, in the middle of a commercial for America’s Got Talent that ran last night during […]

Last Comic Standing ratings

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 8th, 2010

The overnight ratings are in and Mediaweek’s Marc Berman (who is that publication’s “Programming Insider”) has dubbed Last Comic Standing […]

Season 7 of Last Comic Standing (1)

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 7th, 2010

Episode 1! Well… everyone thinks that all the comics who audition for Last Comic Standing have stood out in the […]

How comedians are viewed

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 7th, 2010

Viewed by the mainstream media, that is. If you live in the Tampa-St. Pete area and you’re trying to plan […]

Tingle addresses Harvard

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 3rd, 2010

Jimmy Tingle delivers commencement speech at Harvard. A comment below the video, from “bizazzmedia”: I was at the commencement, as […]

No he did NOT say that (L.C.S.)

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 3rd, 2010

Reality TV World blog has a piece on the upcoming season of Last Comic Standing complete with perplexing quotes from […]

Our readers save us the trouble

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 3rd, 2010

Longtime FOS Shaun Eli took exception to the following passage in a review of Conan O’Brien’s stage show by NYT […]

What’s with all the L.C.S. hate?

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 2nd, 2010

We’ve been noticing the steady build-up of resentment toward Last Comic Standing as the June 7 premiere date draws near. […]

MyComedyExchange seeks to collect royalties

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 1st, 2010

A while back, we told you about Soundexchange, which was created to chase down royalties for the satellite and internet […]

Worst comedy club names evah

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on June 1st, 2010

The Female Half stumbled upon the Friends of Julius blog. FOJ is a Seattle-based comedy/film/video group. The particular link above […]